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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Novoselic (ranked 1223 p4p, 2120 weight class) and Johannes Tulikoura (ranked 172 p4p, 294 weight class). Novoselic comes to the cage accompanied by The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Novoselic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes Tulikoura!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novoselic avoids a kick to the body.
Tulikoura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Novoselic finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Novoselic lands a nice hook to Tulikoura's body. Tulikoura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for Tulikoura.
Novoselic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tulikoura.
Novoselic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tulikoura connects with a body shot.
Novoselic has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Novoselic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tulikoura checks it well.
Novoselic sets himself, and Tulikoura steps forward looking for the clinch! Novoselic avoids it this time.
Tulikoura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Novoselic lands an overhand right.
Novoselic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tulikoura follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Novoselic moves out of range of the body kick.
Novoselic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tulikoura swings widly with a right hand
and Novoselic counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Novoselic with a nice calf kick.
Novoselic connects with an inside leg kick.
Tulikoura takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulikoura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tulikoura connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Novoselic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Novoselic moves away from the strike by Tulikoura.
A head kick by Novoselic misses
and Tulikoura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tulikoura throws a body punch but Novoselic moves out of range.
Tulikoura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tulikoura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Novoselic moves away.
Tulikoura scores with a body shot.
Novoselic slips a jab from Tulikoura.
Novoselic swings for the body but Tulikoura moves out of range.
Tulikoura scores with a jab. Novoselic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Novoselic takes one to the chin there.
Novoselic checks a low kick from Tulikoura.
Novoselic throws a body punch but Tulikoura moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura lands with a good body shot.
Tulikoura lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Novoselic throws a leg kick which misses Tulikoura's front leg but catches the back leg as Tulikoura tries to avoid it.
Tulikoura lands with a nice body punch.
Novoselic avoids a kick to the body.
Novoselic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulikoura looks to land a left hand but Novoselic moved out of range nicely.
Novoselic takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws a hook but Novoselic avoids it easily.
Novoselic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Novoselic throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Novoselic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tulikoura.
Novoselic fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tulikoura is out of range.
Tulikoura is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A cross from Tulikoura lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Novoselic.
Tulikoura scores with a shot to the body.
Tulikoura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Novoselic was well out of range. Poor timing from Tulikoura.
Tulikoura throws a right hand that misses
and Novoselic counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Novoselic swings widly with a right hand
and Tulikoura counters with a thumping low kick.
Tulikoura gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tulikoura blocks an uppercut.
Tulikoura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tulikoura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tulikoura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Novoselic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Novoselic throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tulikoura.
A left hand lands to the body for Novoselic.
A short right from Tulikoura on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Tulikoura.
A head punch on the inside from Tulikoura fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tulikoura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Novoselic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tulikoura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tulikoura misses with a punch on the inside.
Novoselic blocks an uppercut.
Tulikoura misses with a body punch.
Tulikoura lands with a short shot to the head.
Novoselic tries to throw a body punch but Tulikoura avoids it by throwing Novoselic back against the cage.
Tulikoura avoids the elbow strike from Novoselic, against the cage.
Tulikoura misses with some punches.
Tulikoura misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Novoselic.
Tulikoura can't break the clinch.
Tulikoura struggles to land a body shot inside as Novoselic controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Novoselic throws a punch but it's blocked by Tulikoura.
Novoselic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Novoselic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Novoselic manages to break the clinch.
Tulikoura misses with an uppercut. Novoselic saw that one coming.
Novoselic jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johannes Tulikoura dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A jab from Novoselic misses.
Nice defenses there by Novoselic.
Tulikoura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Novoselic.
Tulikoura feints a counter leg kick.
Novoselic misses with a hook.
Tulikoura feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Novoselics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tulikoura lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Novoselic throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tulikoura counters by moving into the clinch.
Novoselic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tulikoura backwards.
Novoselic misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Novoselic fails to land.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Novoselic presses Tulikoura against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tulikoura misses with the head strike.
Tulikoura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tulikoura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tulikoura has a couple of punches blocked by Novoselic.
Novoselic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Novoselic throws an elbow but it misses.
Tulikoura working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Novoselic.
Tulikoura working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Novoselic.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tulikoura.
Novoselic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tulikoura or not.
Tulikoura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Novoselic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tulikoura's brow.
Novoselic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Novoselic connects with a jab.
Novoselic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Novoselic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tulikoura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tulikoura throws a shot from downtown. Novoselic moves away and avoids it.
Tulikoura on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big left from Tulikoura misses.
Novoselic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Novoselic lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Novoselic sizes up Tulikoura with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big right from Tulikoura misses.
Tulikoura connects with a looping right hand.
Tulikoura misses with a hook
and Novoselic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Novoselic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tulikoura blocks the body kick.
It seemed like Tulikoura was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tulikoura throws a body punch but Novoselic moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Novoselic.
Tulikoura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Novoselic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tulikoura.
Novoselic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tulikoura avoids it.
A shot to the body from Tulikoura misses
and Novoselic counters with a nice uppercut.
Novoselic tried to score with a low kick but Tulikoura checks it.
Tulikoura bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Novoselic scores with a kick to the body.
Tulikoura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tulikoura connects with a body shot.
Tulikoura lands a really nice looking cross but Novoselic seems unphased.
Tulikoura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tulikoura jabs Novoselic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Novoselic throws a hook to the side of Tulikoura's head but Tulikoura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tulikoura throws the left hand but Novoselic avoids the punch easily.
Novoselic thumps Tulikoura with a low kick.
Novoselic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Novoselic throws a jab but it's blocked by Tulikoura.
Novoselic misses with a low kick.
Novoselic avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tulikoura throws a series of strikes that have Novoselic backpedaling.
Novoselic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tulikoura throws out a counter right but Novoselic avoids it with no problem.
Tulikoura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Tulikoura finds it's way through Novoselic's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tulikoura throws a shot from downtown. Novoselic moves away and avoids it.
Tulikoura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Johannes Tulikoura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tulikoura misses with a wild body shot.
Novoselic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Novoselic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tulikoura takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Novoselic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tulikoura looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tulikoura fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Novoselic on the side of the head.
Tulikoura cracks Novoselic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Novoselic is rocked!
Tulikoura lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Novoselic falls backwards - clearly groggy! Tulikoura dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johannes Tulikoura!
A very excited looking Johannes Tulikoura rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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